Constraining the size, shape, and albedo of the large trans-Neptunian object (28978) Ixion with multi-chord stellar occultations

Open Access

Table 1

Equivalent diameters of (28978) Ixion from various studies.

Year	Diameter (km)	Method	Reference
2002	1055 ± 165	Radiometry	Bertoldi et al. (2002)
2003	<804	Radiometry	Altenhoff et al. (2004)
2004	<822	Optical + thermal	Grundy et al. (2005)
2005	475 ± 75	Thermal	Stansberry et al. (2005)
2007	$480_{- 136}^{+ 152}$ $Mathematical equation: $\[480_{-136}^{+152}\]$$	Thermal + radiometry	Cruikshank et al. (2007)
2008	$650_{- 220}^{+ 260}$ $Mathematical equation: $\[650_{-220}^{+260}\]$$	Thermal (Spitzer)	Stansberry et al. (2008)
2008	590 ± 190	Thermal	Brown (2008)
2013	~549	Thermal (Herschel–Spitzer)	Mommert (2013)
2013	$617_{- 20}^{+ 19}$ $Mathematical equation: $\[617_{-20}^{+19}\]$$	Thermal (Herschel–Spitzer)	Lellouch et al. (2013)
2021	>709.6 ± 0.2	Single chord stellar occ.	Levine et al. (2021)

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.